Arkansan

noun

Ar·kan·san är-ˈkan-zən

sometimes -ˈkan(t)-sən

plural Arkansans

: a native or resident of Arkansas

Arkansan adjective

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1851, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Arkansan was in 1851

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